21/08/2025
Zo waar.
I just saw an ‘influencer’ promoting the “cry it out” method… and honestly, my heart sank. I get it we’re all tired, we’re all desperate for sleep. But what many people don’t realise is what actually happens when a baby is left to cry for too long.
Their stress hormone, cortisol, shoots up. And it doesn’t just settle when they go quiet, their little brain is learning, no one is coming. That’s not self soothing… that’s shutting down. Psychologists even have a name for it ‘learned helplessness’.
Babies don’t cry to manipulate us. They cry because it’s the only way they know how to say,
“I need you.” And when we answer, we’re not spoiling them. We’re teaching them, you are safe, you are loved, and your voice matters ❤️
